The Palace of Light – Sol-Regis, Capital of the Aethelgard Kingdom. 20:00 PM.
Sol-Regis always felt fundamentally different to anyone arriving from the industrial heart of Northreach. In the North, the air was a sharp, invigorating cocktail of cold mountain oxygen, mana-oil, and the rhythmic chugging of steam engines. It was the scent of progress—raw, honest, and hardworking. Here, in the Capital, the atmosphere was thick with the cloyingly sweet aroma of expensive rose perfumes and the heavy, numbing scent of high-grade magical incense.
